superstitiosus

Latin

Etymology

From superstitio +‎ -ōsus.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /su.per.sti.tiˈoː.sus/, [s̠ʊpɛrs̠t̪ɪt̪iˈoːs̠ʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /su.per.stit.t͡siˈo.sus/, [superst̪it̪ː͡s̪iˈɔːs̬us]

Adjective

superstitiōsus (feminine superstitiōsa, neuter superstitiōsum, comparative superstitiōsior); first/second-declension adjective

1. superstitious

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	superstitiōsus	superstitiōsa	superstitiōsum		superstitiōsī	superstitiōsae	superstitiōsa
Genitive	superstitiōsī	superstitiōsae	superstitiōsī		superstitiōsōrum	superstitiōsārum	superstitiōsōrum
Dative	superstitiōsō		superstitiōsō		superstitiōsīs
Accusative	superstitiōsum	superstitiōsam	superstitiōsum		superstitiōsōs	superstitiōsās	superstitiōsa
Ablative	superstitiōsō	superstitiōsā	superstitiōsō		superstitiōsīs
Vocative	superstitiōse	superstitiōsa	superstitiōsum		superstitiōsī	superstitiōsae	superstitiōsa

Related terms

• superstitiō

Descendants

• Catalan: supersticiós
• English: superstitious
• French: superstitieux
• Galician: supersticioso
• Italian: superstizioso
• Portuguese: supersticioso
• Romanian: superstițios
• Spanish: supersticioso

References

• “superstitiosus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “superstitiosus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• superstitiosus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• superstitiosus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.